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Southwest Looking at Canada

Southwest Airlines has confirmed that it has expansion plans that could include Canada, perhaps by the end of the decade. “I’d be surprised if we weren’t in Canada at least by the end of the […]

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Alberta Selling Government Aircraft

Alberta’s new premier has taken the politically expedient but impractical step of selling the province’s four aircraft and laying off the 27 staff who kept them flying. The sale of three King Airs and a […]

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Parts Stolen From Museum 737

The emergency exit door and some other parts were stolen from the Alberta Aviation Museum’s Boeing 737 last weekend and they’re likely headed to the black market. Museum staff discovered the theft earlier this week but were […]

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SAM Aircraft For Sale

SAM Aircraft owner Thierry Zibi says he’d rather design and test aircraft rather than build them on a production line so his first project is for sale. The SAM is certified as and advanced ultralight […]

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Knee Defender Banned by Air Canada, WestJet

Both of Canada’s major airlines already outlaw an inexpensive device that sparked an expensive flight diversion in the U.S. earlier this week. A United Airlines flight from Newark to Denver made an unscheduled stop in […]

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Under-Bridge Takeoff Prompts Probe

Transport Canada is looking into an incident on the Ottawa River that caused a big splash in the local media but probably didn’t violate any regs. Members of the Ottawa Rowing Club were getting ready […]

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Fresh Incidents Sharpen Drone Concerns

A Jazz crew on a flight from Fredericton to St. John’s spotted what may have been a drone 1,000 feet above their aircraft, prompting Transport Canada’s latest investigation into what has become a time consuming […]

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Close Call A Window To PTSD

A Hamilton psychologist is using the near-death experience that she and more than 300 other people shared on a flight to Europe 13 years ago as a window into the effects of post traumatic stress […]

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Lancaster Makes England

The Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum’s Avro Lancaster finished its journey from Hamilton to Coningsby, England on August 8 and a moment more than 40 years in the making is scheduled for Aug. 14. The Canadian […]

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Air Canada Resumes Tel Aviv Flights

Air Canada’s regular evening flight from Toronto to Tel Aviv was set to leave on schedule Wednesday after the Tuesday flight was cancelled due to safety concerns. Most airlines suspended service to Ben Gurion Airport […]

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Cockpit Texting On The Rise

Nav Canada says it hopes to expand use of pilot/controller data link communications as the advantages of the system are becoming evident. “This type of communication, this type of automation is certainly recognized within the […]

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Stamp Honours First Female Airline Pilot

The first Canadian female airline pilot has had a stamp struck in her honour. Rosella Bjornson joined Transair as a first officer in 1973 and eventually became the first Canadian captain for Canadian in 1990. […]

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Gunfire Hits Cropduster

A 51-year-old Manitoba man is facing fines and jail time after he is alleged to have opened fire on an aerial application plane near Fortier. Police say Luc Arnal has been charged with discharging a […]

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WestJet Dublin Route ‘Already Profitable’

WestJet inaugurated transatlantic service to Dublin, Ireland on June 15 and it’s already thinking about expanding service to other points in Europe. The airline hopscotches from Toronto via St. John’s NL to cross the pond […]